eastern, the commission questions committee staffers frederick schwartz and kirk smothers, detailing fbi abuses including attempted intimidation of martin luther king, jr. >> king there's one thing left for you to do, you know what it is. you have you have 34 days in which to do this this exact number has been selected for a specific reason. it's practical significance. >> then associate fbi director james adams admits to some of the successes while defending a number of. then at 8:00 on "lectures in history" the rest of us may in a bad life see a death or two. they see hundreds. and so they're the first to sort of see patterns or shifts in how people are going out of the world. so so they are the one who sound the alarm. >> university of georgia profession sorry on the role of coroner and how they shed life on the emerging patterns of death within a society. sunday evening at 6:30 "secretary of state john kerry" who served in the vietnam war and later became a vocal opponent and later shares his view at the linden b. johnson at the texas library. >> they did not receive the benefits

eastern, the commission questions committee staffers, frederick schwartz and kurt smothers, fbi abuses and intimidation of martin luther king jr. >> king, there is one thing left for you to do, you know what it is. you have 34 days to do it. this exact number has been selected for a specific reason. it was 34 days before the award. you are done. >> then, associate fbi director, james adams admitted to some of the accesses while defending a number of other fbi practices. then at 8:00, lectures in history -- >> the rest of us may, in a bad life, see a death or two. they see hundreds. so, they are the first to sort of see patterns or shifts in how people are going out of the world. so, they are the ones who sound the alarm. >> university of georgia professor steven barry on the role of a coroner and how they shed light on death in a society and threats to public health. sunday evening at 6:30, secretary of state, john kerry who served in the vietnam war and became an opponent of the war spoke. >> our veterans did not receive either the welcome home nor the benefits or the treatment that t

the commission questions committee staffers frederick schwartz and kurt smothers. detailing fbi abuses including attempted intimidation of martin luther king jr. >> king, there's only one thing left to do, you know what it is, you have 34 days in which to do it. it has definite practical significance. it was 34 days before the award. you are done. >> then associate fbi director james adams admits to some of the excesses while defending a number of other fbi practices. then at 8:00 on "lectures in history" -- >> the rest of us may in a bad life see a death or two. they see hundreds. and so they're the first to sort of see patterns or shifts in how people are going out of the world. so they are the ones who sounds the alarm. >> university of georgia professor steven barry on the role of a coroner and how they shed light on the emerging patterns of death within a society and spot potential threats to public health. sunday evening at 6:30, secretary of state john kerry who served in the vietnam war and later became a vocal opponent of the war, shares his views on vietn

eastern the committee questions frederick schwartz and curtis smothers, including attempted intimidation of martin luther king jr. >> king, there's only one thing left to do. you know what it is. you just have 34 days in which to do it. this exact number has been selected for a specific reason. it was 34 days before the award. you are done. >> then associate fbi director james adams admits to some of the successes while defending a number of other fbi practices. then at 8:00 on "lectures in history" -- >> see a death or two, they see hundreds. and so they're the first to sort of see patterns or shifts in how people are going out of the world. so, they are the ones who sound the alarm. >> university of georgia professor steven berry on the role of a coroner and how they shed light on the emerge patterns of death within a society and spot potential threats to public health. sunday evening at 6:30 secretary of state john kerry who served in the vietnam war and later became a vocal opponent of the war shares his views on vietnam at the lyndon b. johnen presidential library in austin, texas.

eastern the commission questions committee staffers frederick schwartz and kurt smothers detailing fbi abuses including attempted intimidation of martin luther king jr. >> king, there's only one thing left for you to do, you know what it is. you have just 34 days in which to do it. this exact number has been selected for a specific reason. it has definite practical significance. it was 34 days before the award. you are done. >> then associate fbi director james adams admits to some of the excesses while defending a number of other fbi practices. then at 8:00 on "lectures in history" -- >> the rest of this may in a bad life see a death or two. they see hundreds. and so they're the first to sort of see patterns or shifts in how people are going out of the world. so, they are the ones who sound the alarm. >> a university of georgia professor steven berry on the role of a coroner and how they should light on the emerging patterns of death in a society and spot potential problems with public health. and then john kerry who served in the vietnam war and later became a vocal opponent of the w

eastern, the commission questions committee staffers frederick schwartz and curt smoothers, detailing f.b.i. abuses including attempted intimidation of martin luther king jr. >> king, there's only one thing left for you to do, you know what it is. you have just 34 days in which to do it. this exact number has been selected for a reason. it was 4 days before the award. you are done. >> then associate f.b.i. director james adams admitted to some of the excesses while defending a number of other f.b.i. practices. then at 8:00 on lectures in history -- >> the rest of us may see a death or two. they see hundreds. and so they're the first to sort of see patterns or shifts in how people are going out of the world. so they are the ones who sound the alarm. >> university of georgia professor on the role of a coroner and how they shed light on the emerging patterns of death within a society as -- and spot potential threats to public health. sunday evening at 6:30, secretary of state john kerry who served in the vietnam war and later became a vocal opponent of the war shares his vunes vietnam at

the the committee questions staffers frederick schwartz and kurt smothers, detailing methods including intimidation of martin luther king jr. >> king, there is only one thing left for you to do. you know what it is. you have just 34 days in which to do it. this exact number has been selected for a specific reason. it has definite practical signi it it was 34 before the award. "you are done." >> then, associate fbi director james adams admits to some of the excesses while defending a number of other fbi practices. then at 8:00 on "lectures in history" -- >> the rest of us may in a bad life see data or two. they see hundreds. and so they're the first to sort of see patterns or shifts in how people are going out of the worl so so they are the ones who sound the alarm. >> university of georgia professor steven berry on the role of a coroner and how they shed light on the emerging patterns of death within a society and spot potential threats for public health, sunday evening at 6:30, secretary of state john kerry, who served in the vietnam war and later became a vocal opponent of the war, s

eastern, the commission questions committee staffers frederick schwartz and kurt smothers detailing fbi abusing includes teameded intimidation. >> king, there's only one thing left for you to do, you know what it is. you have just 34 days in which to do it. this exact number has been selected for a specific reason. it is definite practical significant, 34 days before the award. you are done. >>> then associate fbi director james addams admits to some of the excesses while defending a number of other fbi practices. then at 8:00 on lectures in history. >> the rest of us may in a bad life see a death or two, they see hundreds. and so they're the first to sort of see pattern or shifts in how people are going out of the world. so they are the ones who sound the alarm. >> university of georgia professor steven barry on the role of a coroner and how they shed light on the emerging patterns of death within a society, and spot potential threats to public health. sunday evening at 6:30, secretary of state john kerry who served in the vietnam wear and later became a vocal opponent of the war share

frederick fritz schwartz is with our studio is elliot maxwell, who was counsel to the committee. thank you to both of you for joining us. let's just start with the basics, mr. maxwell, could you explain how the church committee got constituted? what was the impetus? mr. maxwell: most of it came about from a series of articles with activities by the intelligence community within the united states and followed by many people. this was in the context of the post-watergate resignation of president nixon. by still continuing the vietnam war there was the thought that the intelligence agencies would be directed against american citizens and this led to some public concern and the response in both the senate and the house to establish a special committee to look at activities overall. it was in that context that you need to be able to place the activities of the committee and the response to things that happened during the vietnam war, the civil rights movement, and other activities that led to the creation of these two committees. >> mr. schwartz when, what was the mandate or the missi